Gang and motor plow.



E. B. SBLLARD.

GANG AND MOTOR PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED 0014, 1910.

1,030,687. Patented June 25, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS E. B. SELLARD.

GANG AND MOTOR PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 4, 1910.

Patented June 25, 1912.

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GANG AND MOTOR PLOW.

APPLIUATION FILED 00:1. 4, 1910.

1,080,687, Patented June 25, 1912.

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I aama n Patented June 25, 1912. Original applieatioafllealune 9, 1910, Serial No. 585,925. Divided and this applioation fled October 4,v

1910. Serial No. 585,181. r

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown'that I, EDMOND B. Seaman,

' a citizen of'the United States, and a resident of-Mexico, in the county'of Audrain and State of Missouri, have inventedv an Improvement in Gang and 'Motor Plows, of which the following is a specification.

Thisapplication is a division of an application filed in the Patent Ofiice by me June 9, 1910, Serial No. 565,925.

The object of this invention is to effect an improvement in means for attachin suspending, and adjusting plows with re erence to a frame supported uponwheels and which is preferably driven by a motor. 9 he details ofconstruction, arrangement,

' combination, and operation of partsare as in a mannerwhich may be understood by' hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, together with certain parts" which are included in the original invention and which will be found fully described in the; aforesaid application. Fig. 2 is a side view, the

plows being shown elevated. Fig. 3 is a.

rear view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a side view of the means for adjustlng the front end of the plow frame higher or lower.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 4;.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral 1 indicates the side-bars of the main frame, connectedby a cross-bar 2 and mounted upon the axle 5'having transporting wheels 6 and carrying a motor. The motor is arranged for driving the machine reference to my before-mentioned original application. To the main frame 1, 2, is attached a supplemental rear frame 1*, the forward ends of the same being secured to side bars -1 by means of keepers 3 and screwclamps 4. p

The plows 50 are arranged in gang and provided with curved beams 51 whose front ends are rigidly connected and between whose rear ends a similar connection is formed by means of a diagonal bar 52, as shown in Fig. 1. The beams are attached to front and rear curved bails indicated, respectively, by numerals 53 and 53, and said bails are -journaled on a frame 55, which as shown in Fi 1, is substantially rectangular,

the rearen however, being formed at an cal arm 56 ofwhat isusually. the axle of a I issupported by a hanger consisting of two rods 58 whose outer threaded ends pass through brackets 59 secured at the angles of the detachable supplemental frame 1, and are provided with nuts whereby they may be ad ustedas vre uired. The rods 58 are inclined downwar at an obtuse angle, as shown 1n Fig. 3. The left end of the front bail 53 is extended laterally and supported in a tubular guide 60, that is rigidly attached to the low fran1e 55. A toothed se ment 62 is ast on the left-hand end of ball 53, and a hand lever 61 is fulcrumed on such bail and provided with'a pawl adapted to lock with such segment. T

A rigid arm 63- -see' Fig. 2--extendsfrom the'lever downward and is jointed to the rear end of a form 64 that embraces and rides on a roller 65 which 'is journaled in a.

hanger 66 that depends from amain frame 1. The shankof the fork rides on another. anti-friction roller 67 which is journaled in the lower end of another hanger 68. For raisin plows. out of the ground or supporting t em above the ground a foot frame 55 and whose inner end is journaled in a cufi or keeper on the adjacent side of a plow beam 51. By pressing downward on the crank 69, the plow bodies may be raised as required.

' The rack or segment 62 is fast on bail 53, and lever 61 is integral with arm 63 whichis pivoted to the rear end of the slidable fork 64. The foot-lever 69 serves as "a means for letting the plow shares or bodies into the ground. When this has been done, the plows will hold their position, in whichcase one side is higher than the other. The plows are leveled by operating lever 61' in connection with segment 62, arm 63 and fork 64. To raise the plows, the foot-lever 69 is alone employed. A latch is in practice provided for holding the foot-lever 69 in position to support the plows in raised position.

In raising plows by foot-lever69; the

frame and plow bodies arelthrown out ,of level, but, sincethey are not-then operative, being clear of the ground, this does not inatt-er, for upon being let back into the groundmain frame 1 and is thus adapted to swing Y forward and. back. The plow frame 55 is connected with this hanger and also made vertically adjustable by the following means. I dispense with a furrow wheel at this point which is employed in a certain class of gang plows and I support the axle 72 in the curved lower end of the hanger 70, as shown. On the vertical stem or arm 72' of the axle, I secure a box or keeper 73; by means of a clam -screw 74 and to this I pivot a link 7 5 w ich in turn is ivoted to a hand lever 7 6 whose front end is fulcrumed on a rigid arm 77 that is bolted and fixed in position on the cuff 7 8 which is integral with frame 55 and adaptedto slide on the stem 7 2. The rear end of the arm 77- is formed as a toothed segment'77 and the lever is provided with a spring pawl ada ted to engage the same.

It will now be un erstood that if the lever 76 is adjusted at its free end up or down, the plow frame 55 will be raised or lowered correspondingly. In Fi 2 the lever is shown by dotted lines as depressed to a certain position and in consequence the frame 55 is shown in raised osition. It will be understood that this ad ustment of the lever 7 6 is for the purpose of leveling the plows and not for raising or lowering them.

The fork 64 above referred to, and shown on the left hand side of the machine, is used in place of the land wheel employed in other machines. When the plows are raised from the ground, the fork 64 slides forward on the rollers 65 and 67 The rear hangers will also swing forward or backward when this is done, thus giving a free motion throughout. If a team were pullingthe plows on their wheels, the slack of the tugs or traces would let the beam slip back when the plows are raised. but since in this machine the plows are ulled by stifi connection from the beam, the beam and plows would sli back so the frame necessarily slips forwar The reason of this is, that the plow bails 53 and 53, when the lows are in the ground, are nearly horizonta while, when the plows are raised from the ground, the fbails are in a nearly vertical position, thus the raising of the plows would have a tendency to pull the beambackward or push the frame 55 forward,which.latter is the casein my machine.

Thus, the frame 55 slides forward when the plows are raised, the control being the same ing of the frame more or less'vertical position.

as if the plows were on their own wheels and pulled by a team. Any makeof gang or ridin used since all that is require is to take off the wheels of the same and hang the frame and plows to my frame by means ofattach meats, already described. A form of low such asI have here reference to, is ilustrated inkthe atent of E. M. IIe lman, No. 817,114, date April 3, 1906. T iis plow is pulled by a team instead of bein propelled a motor such as I em'loy. here is no difference in my machine fiom what it would be if it weremounted on wheels andpulled by a team. In my case, the'wheels are removed from the axles, and. the axles aresu ported in hangers instead ofby wheels. e angers are, made adjustable so that they ma be let out or taken up to accommodate riding plows of any make or width. k

In further'explanation of the operation of my machine, I will state that in machines of the Heylman type, a land wheel is journaled on a short arm of a lever. To raise the land wheel side of the plow, said lever is adjusted so that the shortarm assumes a In other words, the land wheel is pushed forward or nearer to the front end of the plow. For lowerin the land wheel side, the action is reversed, the lever being adjusted so as to brin the land wheel nearerto the back end of t e plow. Since the center of the land wheel is always at the same height, the land wheel side of the plow rises and falls with the adjustment of the lever and the wheel.

, In my machine, the fork 64 takes the-place of such land wheel and has the same movements; that is to say, it slides forward when the frame is raised on that side and backward when the frame is lowered, always maintainin the same height from the ground-an allowing the same freedom of movement as the wheel for which it is substituted.

The stirrup 70 takes the place of the front ush wheel and the plow frame is raised and owered by adjustment of the vertical stem of the axle 72 in the sleeve 73 of frame 55 which is effected by means of the lever 76.

plow may be ioo The same freedom of movement is therebyallowed as if a wheel were employed, since axle 72 rests in the stirrup 70 and always maintains the same height from the ground, the right-hand side of the plow frame 55 rising and falling with the adjustment of the lever 76.

It will be understood that when an obstruction is met by the plow, the plows and frame 55 will rise until the obstruction is passed when the resume their proper position. This is e ected by means of the axle 72 of the ordinary front furrow wheel rising in the stirrup or hanger 70 on the right hand side of the machine, while on the left hand side they rise with the roller 65 as a fulcrum point.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 7 indicates a rod which is attached at its forward end to the frame of the tractor and at its rear end to the plow beams, whereby the pull is exerted for drawing the plow bodies through the ground.

I claim:

1. The combination with the wheel-supported main frame having a rearward extension, and a pendent hanger comprising a'ods extending inward and downward from the corners of said frame, a vertical stem supported at the apex of said hanger, a plow-carrying frame mounted upon such stem and adapted for vertical adjustment, and means connected with the front end of the plow frame for adjusting it higher or lower, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the wheel supported frame, a plow frame arranged within and below the same, bails pivoted on such frame and plows pivotally connected with the bails, a swinging hanger arranged on one side of the main frame, a device supported in the hanger and having a vertical arm or stem, the plow frame having at its adjacent corner a cuff adapted to slide on such arm, a lever and means for lockin it in any vertical adjustment, the same belng operatively connected with the plow frame whereby it may be raised and lowered and and having a vertical arm, the plow frame having a cuff adapted to slide on the arm, a toothed segment fixed on the cufi, a lever pivotally connected with the segment and a link connecting it with the upper end of the arm, and a pawl for lockin it with the segment in any required ad ustment, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the main frame, and the plow frame arranged within and below the same, of adjusting means arranged on one side of the two frames and comprising hangerspendent from the main frame, a slidable fork supported on the rear hanger and the fork proper engaging the front hanger whereby the fork is held horizontal while adapted to slide lengthwise, a bent bail journaled in the low frame, and plow beams. pivoted on he bail, a lever pivoted on the bail and having a r1g1d arm connected with the fork, means for locking the lever in any adjustment whereby the front portions of the plow beams may be adjusted, in the manner described.

EDMOND B. SELLARD.

Witnesses:

MATTHIAS CRUM, CHARLES B. LYMAN. 

